ZDNET managed to chat to Steve Wozniak while he was speaking at an event in Sydney, Australia, and unsurprisingly they chatted to him about Apple's Maps. His verdict? Up-front, mixed—but not as negative as some.

As ever, Woz has been reading around what's been reported to get the lie of the land. According to ZDNET he explained that:

"I have been reading about the problems, and I don't know if they are that severe... Sometimes, there are a lot of complaints about one little thing people spot, but it's not that hard to deal with in life. I don't know yet about Maps - I'm a little worried about the navigation, but I've still got it covered with a bunch of other navigation apps."

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"I tried to navigate somewhere, and I couldn't get to where I wanted to by voice. So, I was a little disappointed, because I love navigation by voice with my Google phones, actually, since they always get it and are based on a better database."

All in, the message from Woz seems clear: Maps might not be perfect, but that in itself is hardly the end of the world. Whether you agree with that or not probably depends on how you use maps on your smartphone. [ZDNET]